TABLE 9. Model Criteria for the Assessment of Malingered Psychosis in Defendants Pleading Insanity.
| Malingering should be suspected if any of the following are present |
| 1. A nonpsychotic, alternative rational motive for the crime |
| 2. Suspect hallucinations or delusions (see Resnick & Knoll, 2007) |
| 3. Current offense fits a pattern of prior criminal conduct |
| 4. Absence of active or negative symptoms of psychosis during evaluation |
| 5. Report of a sudden, irresistible impulse |
| 6. Presence of a partner in the crime |
| 7. "Double denial" of responsibility (disavowal of crime + attribution to psychosis) |
| 8. Far-fetched story of psychosis to explain crime |
| 9. Alleged intellectual deficit coupled with alleged psychosis |
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